About Us

At Chance Family Assessment Centre, we offer a nurturing, family-like environment for comprehensive parenting assessments, tailored to last 12-16 weeks with flexibility for extension.

Our unique approach is designed to meticulously evaluate and support each parent's ability to provide the best care for their child. Our experienced family practitioners work in close collaboration with skilled social workers, ensuring that every family receives personalised support and clear guidance throughout the assessment process.

We aim not just to assess but to promote the development of vital parenting skills, providing parents with the best possible opportunity to demonstrate their capacity for safe and effective child care.

Safety is paramount at Chance Family Assessment Centre. We provide round-the-clock observation using both direct staff interaction and discreet CCTV monitoring.

Our observation framework is comprehensive, covering 12 key parenting areas such as nutrition, safety, hygiene, and routine setting, and can be tailored to address specific needs.

Current areas include but not limited to:

Meals (Nutrition and Feeding)
Safety and Supervision
Child/Baby Care tasks
Parental Interaction
Stimulation and Education -
For 0-12 months: For 1-3 years: For 3-6 years:
Screen Time
Parental Guidance and Boundaries
Self-Care Skills
Consistent Routine
Parenting Styles

We ensure that each assessment is well-structured, relevant, and flexible, tailored not only to the unique needs of each family but also to the professional requirements within an agreed framework.

Assessments

Our team have proficiency in using a diverse approach, thus giving our clients choices as follows:

Chance's Parenting Assessment Framework (CPAF)
Parent Assess
Parenting Assessment Manual (PAM) and
Cubas

All our assessments are evidence-based and align with the "Framework for Assessing Children in Need and Their Families.' We focus on delivering assessments that reflect each case's unique complexities.

Central to Chance's Parenting Assessment Framework is incorporating our 'Knowledge, Quality, and Consistency' (KQC) framework, which enhances our understanding of parenting skills in a practical, real-world context.

Using the KQC approach allows our family practitioners and assessors to have a consistent approach to assessing parents' knowledge about their children's specific needs, the quality of their parenting practices, and the consistency of their caregiving.

Lets discuss your referral needs further...........

Get in touch: Referrals@ChanceFS.org